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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Republic Evergreen Cemetery
Near Republic Wilson's Creek
Battlefield
Springfield East Lawn Cemetery
Springfield Greenlawn Memorial
Gardens
Springfield Hazelwood Cemetery
Springfield Maple Park Cemetery
Springfield Missouri Veterans
Cemetery
Springfield Springfield National
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Greene County, Missouri
Evergreen
Cemetery
Republic, Greene County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Samuel McMillan (1867-1937) —
also known as Joseph S. McMillan —
of Republic, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Rheatown, Rhea
County, Tenn., January
19, 1867.
Republican. Concrete
contractor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1919-22.
Died in Republic, Greene
County, Mo., June 18,
1937 (age 70 years, 150
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Wilson's Creek
Battlefield
Near Republic, Greene County, Missouri
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buried here: |
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Killed
in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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East Lawn
Cemetery
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
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Courtney Walker Hamlin (1858-1950) —
also known as Courtney W. Hamlin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C., October
27, 1858.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1903-05, 1907-19;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1950 (age 91 years, 112
days).
Interment at East Lawn Cemetery.
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James Edward Ruffin (1893-1977) —
also known as James E. Ruffin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 24,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 9,
1977 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at East Lawn Cemetery.
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Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens
3506 North National Avenue
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Founded 1905
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Reuben Terrell Wood (1884-1955) —
also known as Reuben T. Wood —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., August
7, 1884.
Democrat. President,
Missouri Federation of Labor, 1912-32; Independent candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-41 (at-large 1933-35, 6th
District 1935-41); defeated, 1940; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943-44.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 16,
1955 (age 70 years, 343
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong; O. K.
Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; newspaper
correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 3rd District,
1933-36, 1943-44; defeated, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
15, 1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Thomas K. Bowman (1859-1948) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Apollo, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Carpenter;
building
contractor; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1914-16; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Moose.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
17, 1948 (age 88 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Albert T. Parrish (1883-1958) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Lead Hill, Boone
County, Ark., August
13, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; livestock
breeder; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1955-56 (Greene County
2nd District 1939-42, Greene County 3rd District 1955-56); defeated,
1944, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
22, 1958 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Hazelwood
Cemetery
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
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John Smith Phelps (1814-1886) —
also known as John S. Phelps —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., December
22, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5th
District 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
Missouri, 1877-81; defeated, 1868.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Sisters' Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
20, 1886 (age 71 years, 333
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Phelps and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married 1837 to Mary
Whitney; grandson of Noah
Phelps; second cousin of Norman
A. Phelps; second cousin once removed of William
Walter Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Sheffield
Phelps; second cousin thrice removed of Phelps
Phelps; third cousin of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case, Rufus
Pettibone, Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Alexander
Royal Wheeler and Donald
Barr Chidsey; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams and Augustus
Herman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Benjamin
Trumbull, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Lancelot
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Edmund
Holcomb, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Peter
Augustus Porter, Selah
Merrill and Timothy
E. Griswold. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Phelps County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article |
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894) —
also known as Sempronius H. Boyd; Pony
Boyd —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., May 28,
1828.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Greene
County Clerk of Court, 1854-56; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1864-68; district judge in
Missouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1891-92.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., June 22,
1894 (age 66 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) —
also known as Philip A. Bennett; Phil A.
Bennett —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., March 5,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1912;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1941-42; defeated,
1922 (16th District), 1932 (at-large), 1938 (6th District); died in
office 1942; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1942 (age 61 years, 277
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Durward Gorham Hall (1910-2001) —
also known as Durward G. Hall; "Dr.
No" —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., September
14, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surgeon;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1961-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., March
15, 2001 (age 90 years, 182
days). His body was donated
to an Oregon teaching hospital.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Ira Sherwin Hazeltine (1821-1899) —
also known as Ira S. Hazeltine —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Andover, Windsor
County, Vt., July 13,
1821.
Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1881-83; defeated
(Greenback), 1876 (6th District), 1882 (13th District), 1884 (13th
District).
English
ancestry.
Died near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., January
13, 1899 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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John Plank Tracey (1836-1910) —
also known as John P. Tracey —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, September
18, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; journalist;
candidate for Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1903-04.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 24,
1910 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898) —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.; Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., October
22, 1819.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1853-57; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1861-65.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
25, 1898 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Fenton (1845-1936) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in 1845.
Republican. Mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1894-96; postmaster at Springfield,
Mo., 1898-1902.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
20, 1936 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Chester Arch Bay (1909-1993) —
also known as C. Arch Bay —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Franklin
County, Mo., June 19,
1909.
Republican. Chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1949; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1952;
postmaster at Springfield,
Mo., 1953-81 (acting, 1953-54).
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., August
21, 1993 (age 84 years, 63
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward William Bay and Mollie E. (Pursley) Bay; married to
Virginia Ellen Cordell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Marcus M. Boyd (1803-1866) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., 1803.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1854-55,
1858-61; postmaster at Springfield,
Mo., 1866.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
30, 1866 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Edde Ben Pope (1915-1995) —
also known as Edde B. Pope —
of Preston, Hickory
County, Mo.; Hermitage, Hickory
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Preston, Hickory
County, Mo., September
30, 1915.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Hickory County, 1945-50;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
5, 1995 (age 80 years, 5
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Washington Adams (1880-1950) —
also known as Wash Adams —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., June 19,
1880.
Democrat. Contracting
engineer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1915-16.
Died May 18,
1950 (age 69 years, 333
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Jerry B. Fenton (1889-1958) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born August
6, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1922; on December 7, 1922, he was stabbed
in the upper back by Tom J. Griffin, whose wife he was representing
in a divorce case; Griffin was convicted of felonious assault and
sentenced to two years in prison.
Died March
15, 1958 (age 68 years, 221
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Oliver Lee Robinett (1885-1966) —
also known as O. L. Robinett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo., March
28, 1885.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1932,
1936.
Died January
3, 1966 (age 80 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Maple Park
Cemetery
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Founded 1876
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Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954) —
also known as Roscoe C. Patterson —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
15, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-07; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-29; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
22, 1954 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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William Henry Wade (1835-1911) —
also known as William H. Wade —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, November
3, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-84, 1907-10 (Greene County
1881-82, Greene County Western District 1883-84, Greene County 2nd
District 1907-10); U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1885-91; defeated,
1890.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., January
13, 1911 (age 75 years, 71
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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De Witt Clinton Leach (1822-1909) —
also known as De Witt C. Leach —
of Genesee
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., November
23, 1822.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County, 1850; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1857-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
21, 1909 (age 87 years, 28
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Jean Paul Bradshaw (d. 1970) —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1964; board chairman, Ozark Air Lines.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., 1970.
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Edward A. Barbour Jr. (1896-1970) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born June 25,
1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Missouri
state senate 20th District, 1935-42; defeated, 1942.
Died October
14, 1970 (age 74 years, 111
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Paul Ludwig Bradshaw (d. 1986) —
also known as Paul L. Bradshaw —
of Missouri.
Republican. Chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1965-70; member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-84.
Died in 1986.
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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McLain Jones (1855-1919) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., February
13, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1911-12, 1919; died in office 1919.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died two days later, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
23, 1919 (age 63 years, 344
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Simon C. Bates (1879-1950) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Kan., October
11, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 20th District,
1922-23.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
4, 1950 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Missouri Veterans
Cemetery
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
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Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) —
of Winona, Shannon
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in New Liberty, Oregon
County, Mo., December
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oil jobber;
contractor;
automobile
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1965.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., May 24,
2004 (age 85 years, 165
days).
Interment at Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
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Springfield
National Cemetery
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's Creek
Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at
Springfield National Cemetery.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Killed
in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's Creek
Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at
Springfield National Cemetery.
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John N. Morton (1878-1960) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Crawford
County, Wis., April
16, 1878.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1943-48; defeated, 1948, 1950.
Died July 18,
1960 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Interment at Springfield National Cemetery.
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